Scientific capacity is critical in treating the central problems of the globalization age, including climate change, resource scarcity, diminishing biodiversity, public health, alternative energy and environmental collapse. These issues are immune to the application of armed force and best addressed through the practice ofscience diplomacy.”

Conservative government policies haveknocked backCanadian science at the time when we need it most. Canadiandemocracyhas been subverted and the country left vulnerable to a whole host of science-based, technologically-driven global threats.”